Raxum
Veteran Member
I live in san Diego so for what it's worth,
Check the voltage drop on both the ground wire from the battery and the b+ wire on the battery to the starter. Low voltage will cause a slow crank and start.
This is a very easy test. Place the red lead of your volt meter on the engine and the black lead on the neg side of the battery. Have someone crank the engine. Normal readings are about 600mv or 0.600v. The higher the number the higher resistance in the cable or conector. Sometimes just cleaning the ground wire will bring everything into spec.
Next test the pos wire, red lead onto the pos battery and black lead on large post of starter. Same spec same test.
If you mix up the leads its ok you will just get a negitve number
good luck.
Check the voltage drop on both the ground wire from the battery and the b+ wire on the battery to the starter. Low voltage will cause a slow crank and start.
This is a very easy test. Place the red lead of your volt meter on the engine and the black lead on the neg side of the battery. Have someone crank the engine. Normal readings are about 600mv or 0.600v. The higher the number the higher resistance in the cable or conector. Sometimes just cleaning the ground wire will bring everything into spec.
Next test the pos wire, red lead onto the pos battery and black lead on large post of starter. Same spec same test.
If you mix up the leads its ok you will just get a negitve number
good luck.
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